s office, harry connick senior had retired and the new d.a. ran for office on an anti-corruption campaign. now, he wanted to make a deal. >> the district attorney's office was not eager to go and try this case again, based on the evidence as it then existed. john could plead to some lesser offense and be immediately released from prison. >> i'm like, hell no. i'm not pleading guilty to nothing. after all this stuff we proved, these people are still trying to make me plead guilty to something i didn't do. >> the jury got it wrong twice before, there was some risk that a jury would get it wrong again, no matter how strong the evidence was. much as we were convinced of john's innocence, we had to think about getting him out of jail as our first priority. >> mike and them was like, john, we are not talking about you as attorneys, but we are going to talk to you as a friend. we cannot control the minds of 12 people, we can only present them the facts. if 12 members come back and say you're guilty, could you handle is it fair on your mom, your child

. >> he just ruined a dolphin tale of harry connick jr. for me. >> what channel are you watching? what are you saying? >> >> i only believe in controlled water water. >> why? >> because there are no sharks in there and you can choose who you invite in. >> but statistically, it's very rare. >> have you seen the dolphin adult channel? it's called finemax. >> he's going to look for it. >> i got to check it out. right by the al qaeda-isis channel. >>> "one more thing" is up next. >>> time for "one more thing." kimberly kick it off. >> hi. i have this special feature i wanted to do last week but we didn't get a chance to so i said you can hash tag that on twitter or facebook and i'll answer your question. today i want to pick a question. is the bell curve as scary as i think it will be? it is. there are many things you can do. apply yourself. >> don't become a lawyer. >> no become a lawyer and then you can come on television like the two of us. you can become a politician a professor. it's the education that matters and the way it teaches you to think critically. congratulations to you

. >>> coming up at 3:00 harry connick jr. is stopping by "ellen" show. then "nbc10 news" at 4:00. chris christie is spending most of his time on the campaign trail but still costing new jersey taxpayers a lot of money. what's being done to get the money devoted to his security back to the state. all this afternoon on "nbc10 news" at 4:00. >>> we want to update you on our breaking news. that deadly accident in new castle county one person has died, four others were injured when two cars collided on i-495 south. south of route 13 in new castle president skyforce10 was over the scene earlier. traffic had be to be detoured for several hours. state police trying to figure out what caused this crash. ublg get updates on nbc10.com as well as by going to our nbc10 app. >>> great day out there today, huh, glenn? >> yeah. a lot like yesterday but with less wind. tomorrow's going to be a lot like today. and saturday's going to be a lot like today. sunday things start to change. the humidity starts to go back up. next week it will probably looking and feeling more like july again. >> oh well.

and harry connick. second film in my career, it was probably one of the more important ones obviously because of the subject matter. and because the very thing that was going on surrounding the make of the movie. ♪ ♪ ♪ interesting thing about the new cd bretless is when i first put this band together the first idea was to put together a band that had a groove based philosophy that was more electric. that was going to be fun to play with. aasas we were doing it life was happening around us and there was just one incident after the other in terms of our youth in this country. and their involvement with law enforcement. and it just became apparent at a we needed to make our statement about that. ♪ ♪ ♪ the title track itself you know, it came out of anxiety to be heard, you know, an anxiousness for all of this to stop. i'm a child of the '70s man and i never thought this country would revert to this. we were moving forward and we would be well beyond a lot of this craziness. the whole notion open dialogue i

>> harry connick jr. >> are you j-lo then, jen?i'm j-lo. >> this is how it works thursday, if you want to be a part of there is come here to fourth and market. what tumshie they start lining up? >> be hereby 9:00 a.m. >> yes you have to be in line by 9:00 a.m. >> you can't lining up until 6:00 a.m. you can't come before then. >> oh, yes? >> who is going to stop me? >> 5:30. >> we will have secure toy handle up, believe me. >> so, microphone, sing, then you will judge them? >> for 30 seconds. >> make it really, really good really quick. >> and be member or job let's practice, all right? let's roll this first philadelphia and singing and then you judge. >> okay. >> ♪ ♪ >> that young man's name is michael nutter. >> you seem per tedder? >> not going to make the cut. >> not going to make it? >> not going to make. >> he won't make any color ticket? >> not. >> we'll probably throw stuff at him. horrible, just bad. >> we all know the words but no personality, no swagger nothing keeping me hip. >> he was coughing shark. >> he was like -- >

round audition with idol producers and a meet and greet with american idol judges keith urban, harry connickhopefuls came out for their chance for super stardom. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ our judges have a very hard decision to make. but they have an extensive background in music. the legendary architects of the philadelphia sound kenny gamble and leon huff, patti jackson of wdas radio, dj cosmic kev of power 99 and american idol expert jennaphr frederick. >> do not sing whitney or adele unless you can sing whitney or adele. get to the hook people are starting in the beginning, no good. and just like cosmic kev look the part, act the part. >> i think your style has to match your talent. bring your a game. like that's the bottom line. >> finding a great singer or great performer is like finding a needle in haystack. >> there's opportunity for the talent and i think it's a great thing. >> reporter: the big question is, who wins fox 29 philly idol with a chance to compete to be the american idol? you have to tune in tomorrow on "good day philadelphia" to see who walks away with the silver ticket.

round audition with idol producers and meet and great with american idol judges, keith urban, harry connickfer lopez. many came out for their chance to super toe stardom. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ >> our judges have a very hard decision to make but they have an extensive background in music. the legendary architects of the philadelphia sound kenny gamble and leon huff, patti jackson of wdas radio dj cosmic kev of power 99 and american idol expert our very own jennaphr frederick. >> do not sing whitney or a dell unless you can sing whitney or dell. that's number one. get to the hook. people are starting in the beginning no good. and just like cosmic kev said look the part, act the part. >> i think you're, um, style has major challenge. bring your a game. like the bottom line. >> finding a great singer or great performer is like finding a needle in haystack. >> it was an opportunity, you know for the talent and i think it's a great thing. >> the big question who wins fox 29 philly idol with a chance to compete to be the american idol? you have to tune in tomorrow on "good day philadelphia" to see who walk awa